Questions (1 Viewer)

[Dennis Castro]

I don't know if I'm in the right section or not for theses questions but here it goes.

What is this region stuff and why is it done?

I understand the concept of widescreen or letterbox. I am a little confused about the differences in the ratios. If a DVD says widescreen, am I always seeing the film as it was shown in the theater no matter what the ratio is?

 

[Ted Lee]

check out these articles...they go into pretty good detail about widescreen, ratios, etc.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...reenorama.html

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articl...hic/index.html

http://www.widescreenadvocate.org/whatis.html

 

[Jack Briggs]

Dennis, you live in Region 1, the "home base." Hollywood insists that its home-video product is region-encoded so that titles released to DVD in one region are not played in the other regions where the given film may still be in theatrical release.

 

[Dennis Castro]

Ted Lee,

Thank you for links. The links explain everything beautify. I knew about the widescreen vs. full screen thing and I do prefer to watch DVD in the widescreen format. What confused me was that I did not know that there were two different aspect ratios that are used.

Jack Briggs,

Thank for clearing that up!